Melesa Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Melesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 142 | 1:57,421 | 7,328 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Melesa (1,077) may also be a first name.
Melesa Demographics
Average Melesa Salary in
United States
$14,438 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melesa (Marathi: मेलेसााय) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melesa? popularity and diffusion
Melesa is the 1,028,911th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The last name Melesa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Melesa reside; 58 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 58 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Melesa is also the 243,509th most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 1,077 people.
The last name Melesa is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 57,421. In Papua New Guinea Melesa is mostly found in: Western, where 84 percent reside, East Sepik, where 6 percent reside and Morobe, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Mexico, where 13 percent reside.
Melesa Last Name Statistics demography
Melesa earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 66.54% less than the national average, earning $14,438 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melesa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melesa in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलेसााय | melesaaya | 50 |
| मेलेसा | melesa | 50 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melesa
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